Sentences with phrase «percentage point increase achieved»

A good night for Labour will see them make some modest gains in places like Tamworth — building on the 8.7 percentage point increase achieved in last year's general election.

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In 2008/9 academies saw a five percentage point increase in the proportion of pupils achieving at least five GCSEs at A * to C including English and mathematics - double the national average.

Despite remaining in opposition for its third election in a row, Labour at 40.0 % won its greatest share of the vote since 2001, made a net gain of 30 seats to reach 262 total MPs, and, with a swing of 9.6 %, [127] achieved the biggest percentage - point increase in its vote share in a single general election since 1945.

In schools that had a chance to achieve a Recognized rating, low - scoring students who were not designated as eligible for special education in 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schools.

They will now be required to achieve a 10 - percentage - point increase in proficiency for those subgroups to avoid the sanctions in a given year.

This is supported by free training sessions and one - to - one support from regional staff with the aim of achieving and maintaining a five percentage point increase in take up.

Compared with 2008 the overall percentage achieving Level 2b in reading and writing increased by one and two percentage points to 72 % and 60 % respectively.

In the four years PowerMyLearning has worked with her, Ms. Arenas has increased the number of sixth grade students achieving year - end proficiency by more than 25 percentage points (that's moving more than a quarter of the sixth - grade students over the proficiency line).

Likewise, the percentage of Scholarship students achieving at least «basic» increased 3 percentage points, compared to a 4 percentage point dip statewide.

A total of 24.5 per cent of pupils in state - funded schools achieved the EBacc, an increase of 0.6 percentage points.

If you increase your savings rate by just a couple more percentage points, you may achieve your savings goals and grow your nest egg much more quickly.